**HEADLINES**
*UN CHIEF URGENTLY APPEALS FOR END TO VIOLENCE IN GAZA AND ISRAEL.
The continued firing of rockets on Israel from Gaza and Israeli airstrikes on Gaza are dangerous and must stop , says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday.
*PAK ARMY WANTS RESOLUTION OF DISPUTE WITH INDIA::MUSHARRAF
*BAL THACKERAY FIGHTING LIKE A WARRIOR,AS HIS HEALTH IS IMPROVING:SHIV SENA*SAVITA'S CASE SHOWS GAP BETWEEN IRISH LAW AND POLICY: AMNESTY
"International human rights law is clear about the right of a woman to access a safe and legal abortion where her life is at risk" said Colm O'Gorman, Executive Director of Amnesty international in Ireland
* FOUR KILLED IN FRESH ASSAM VIOLENCE.
Bodoland area in lower Assam witnessed fresh trouble with the killing of four persons by armed assailants in Jiaguri even as police arrested a member of Bodoland Territorial Autonomous District in connection with the killing. The assailants fired randomly on a group of persons at Jiaguri in Kokrajhar police station in which four persons were killend last night, Inspector General of police(BTAD) S N Singh said today.
* RAJAT GUPTA SHOULD PAY $15 MILLION AS PENALTY, says US GOVT.
New York: The US govt. has asked a court in New York to charge a maximum penalty of US $15 mn on India-born fallen Wall street titan Rajat Gupta and permanently bar him from serving as director of any publicly-traded firm for his "terrible breach of trust" by indulging in insider trading.
*INDIA(Ist innings) 521/8 dec
ENGLAND(Ist innings) 191/10 & 2nd innings 111/0 (f/o)